The Best Adventure exploration Games

Update, : Bramble: The Mountain King added at rank #1.
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Bramble: The Mountain King (2023)

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Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X/s PC Windows Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Xbox One Xbox Series X

Bramble The Mountain King is a grim adventure set in a world inspired by dark, Nordic fables. Explore the beautiful yet dangerous and twisted land of Bramble in your endeavour to rescue your sister. Traverse a wondrous landscape and survive deadly encounters with Bramble's many hideous creatures.


  • horror
  • dark
  • cinematic
  • platform
  • exploration
  • narrative
  • mythology
  • boss-fight
  • emotional
  • narration
  • puzzle
  • fantasy
  • lore
  • adventure
  • story

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Melon Journey: Bittersweet Memories (2023)

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Xbox Series X Xbox One Nintendo Switch PC Windows Playstation 4 Playstation 5

Explore a charming, pixelated world filled to the brim with eccentric characters, criminals, and a plot as weird as it is cute. Comb every inch of Hog Town to collect clues, trail shady characters, and sneak your way through the seedy underworld. Enjoy more than 90 different electronic and jazz-inspired tracks from composer markeryjane.


  • narrative
  • mystery
  • story-exploration
  • adventure
  • visual-novel
  • cute
  • roller-skates
  • exploration
  • classic
  • hamster
  • chiptune
  • retro
  • casual
  • zombies
  • colourmag-header-classic

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9 Years of Shadows (2023)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch

9 Years of Shadows is a metroidvania game with a good plot and beautiful graphics. You play as Europa, exploring Talos Castle to remove the curse that caused the world to lose its color and emotions. With elemental armors and escalating complexity in Europa's powers, the game is a delightful experience for fans of the genre.


Pros:
  • Solid mechanics
  • Beautiful graphics and music
  • Escalating complexity in Europa's powers
  • Unique elemental armors
  • Good plot
Cons:
  • Minor bugs and glitches
  • Environmental puzzles lack intricacy
  • No fast travel
  • Unskippable cutscenes
  • Game might be too easy

  • metroidvania
  • pixel
  • exploration
  • boss
  • boss-fight
  • platform
  • underwater
  • action-adventure
  • scroller
  • story
  • adventure
  • lore
  • atmospheric
  • redwall
  • action

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Tchia (2023)

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Playstation 4 PC Windows Playstation 5

A Tropical Open-World adventure. Climb, glide, swim, and sail your boat around a beautiful archipelago in this physics-driven sandbox. Take control of any animal or object you can find, and Jam on your fully playable Ukulele.

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  • open-world
  • exploration
  • sandbox
  • sailing
  • rhythm
  • instrument
  • adventure
  • physics
  • narrative
  • underwater

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Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon (2023)

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Nintendo Switch

Long before this trainee of the dark arts would come to be called Bayonetta, she took a fateful journey into the forbidden Avalon Forest. Alongside her was Cheshire, her very first demon, possessing Cereza’s stuffed toy. Play as both Cereza and Cheshire and search through the treacherous forest to look for the power to save Cereza’s mother.


  • puzzle
  • spin-off
  • combat
  • battle
  • storybook
  • exploration
  • boss-fight
  • action-adventure
  • platform
  • fight
  • narrative
  • dungeon
  • adventure
  • action
  • demons

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Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (2023)

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PC Windows Xbox Series X/s Playstation 5 Xbox Series X

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor offers thrilling combat, impressive parkour, and a Hollywood-style storyline that will appeal to both newcomers and fans. You can customize and play how you want, from difficulty levels to companion colors. While lacking in new gameplay mechanics and suffering from technical issues, the game is still entertaining for Star Wars fans and boasts fantastic graphics and sound design.

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Pros:
  • Thrilling combat
  • Impressive parkour
  • Hollywood-style storyline
  • Customizable gameplay
  • Fantastic graphics and sound design
Cons:
  • Lacks new gameplay mechanics
  • Suffers from technical issues
  • Limited potential for creativity
  • Inconsistent frame rates and screen tearing

  • fight
  • combat
  • action-adventure
  • exploration
  • platform
  • boss
  • narrative
  • open-world
  • battle
  • boss-fight
  • puzzle
  • skill
  • adventure
  • story
  • action

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Peppa Pig: World Adventures (2023)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 5 Playstation 4

Play in the bigger, wider world of Peppa Pig, and bring your family into the story! Make pizza in Italy, walk on Hollywood Boulevard, climb the Eiffel Tower and more on your world tour. Create your own unique and dazzling family home, and discover more characters, quests and fun than ever before!

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  • interactive
  • adventure
  • football
  • colourful
  • fiction
  • family-friendly
  • episodic
  • exploration
  • character
  • cartoony
  • cute
  • 2d
  • open
  • submarine
  • casual

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SkyIsland (2023)

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PC Windows IOS iPhone

"SkyIsland" is made by a group of students in a college, quarter-view action-adventure game. Enjoy the wonderful world and beautiful environments as you help the protagonist, Pino, fix his broken plane and defeat monsters to return home safely.

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  • linear
  • action-adventure
  • exploration
  • lore
  • nature
  • third-person
  • single-player
  • 3d
  • top-down
  • combat
  • adventure
  • action
  • fantasy
  • atmospheric

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Valiant Hearts: Coming Home (2023)

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IOS iPhone Android

1917, as World War I rages on, two brothers will fight to survive the trenches and find each other again. Their paths will cross with new Valiant Hearts who will share the joy of reuniting and the horror of the Western Front – all desperate to find their way home.

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  • puzzle
  • graphic
  • adventure
  • interactive
  • scene
  • naval
  • war
  • first-person
  • narrative
  • novel
  • farming
  • historical
  • exploration
  • shooter
  • cover

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Season: A Letter to the Future (2023)

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Playstation 4 Playstation 5 PC Windows

Leave home for the first time to collect memories before a mysterious cataclysm washes everything away. Ride, record, meet people, and unravel the strange world around you. Immerse yourself in the world of Season, a third-person meditative exploration game.

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  • narrative
  • walking-simulator
  • editing
  • mystery
  • photo
  • exploration
  • relaxing
  • adventure
  • philosophical
  • emotional
  • open-world
  • controller-support
  • music
  • cinematic
  • war

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